Description
Job Summary
Analyses specifications, lays out metal stock, sets up and operates machin tools, and fits and assembles parts to fabricate and repair wax injection molds, metalworking dies, jigs, and fixtures, gauages, and machinists’ hand tools by performing the following dutes:
- Follow Howmet’s Safety Regulations along with any departmental specific safety requirements
- Record data either manually or by computer
- Studies specificatons such as blueprints, sketches, models, or descriptions, and visualizes product to determine materials required and machines to be used to fabricate parts
- Computes dimension, plan layout, and determine assembly method and sequence of operatons
- Measures, marks, and scribes metal stock for machining
- Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathes, milling machine, and grinder, to machine parts, and verifies conformance of machined parts to specifications
- Lifts machined parts and positions and secure parts on surface plate or worktable
- Smoothes flat and contoured surfaces and fits, assembles parts together into assemblies and mechanisms
- Verifies dimensions, alighnments, and clearances
- Heat-treats tools and parts
- Examines new or previously used dies, tools, jigs and fixtures and recommends design modifications regarding construction and function of part.
- Develops specifications from general descriptions for speciality tools and draws or sketches design of product
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- High school diploma
- Minimum of 7 years experience
